CCL Industries Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director

Donald G. Lang, Executive Chairman of CCL Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Kathleen Keller-Hobson to the Board of Directors.

Keller-Hobson has had a distinguished 35-year career as a senior business lawyer providing strategic advice on significant transactions, critical business issues and risk management. She advised senior management, boards of directors and special committees on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, governance and shareholder activism. Ms. Keller-Hobson has broad international experience, including extensive involvement in cross-border transactions. She established and managed the London, England office of Torys' LLP for nearly 10 years. Ms. Keller-Hobson obtained her law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1979.

Lang stated, "Ms. Keller-Hobson's wealth of legal knowledge and business experience, particularly in the areas of corporate finance and governance, will bring great value to CCL's Board and Committees.